Belton, MO: how dark is the sky here?

Belton reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 82% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Belton

Raymore, MO, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Belton. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Raymore, MO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Belton compares nationally

Belton, MO counts roughly 25,861 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Belton places 2,613 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.